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Monday, February 13, 2012
Ashlie's Textbook Questions
a) Estimate the side length to the rug to one decimal place.
sqrt 9 sqrt 11 sqrt 16
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3 3.31 4
b) Check with a calculator.
sqrt 11 = 3.316
c) Does the rug fit? Explain.
Yes, because the room is 20m and the rug is 11m.
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14. Alex is thinking of a number. The number has a square root between 7 and 8 and is a multiple of 12.
a) What could he be thinking of?
sqrt 49 sqrt 60 sqrt 64
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7 7.74 8
b) Is there more than one answer?
No, 60 is the only number between square root that is a multiple of 12.
17. Carmen wants to mount 18cm x 18cm square board that is 4 times the area of the picture.
a) What is the area?
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= 18 x 18 = 324cm2 =
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b) What is the area of the board?
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= 324 x 324 = 104.9 =
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c) What are the dimensions of the board?
sqrt 324 = 18cm
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Textbook Questions 4, 8, and 9
A.)

Square root of 72 is close to the halfway point of 66 and its square root is 8.1 and 72 is 4 numbers away from it. So the whole is 8 and the decimal is 4.
B.)

C.)

The square root of 55 is 7.5. for the Whole once again it has now pass 64 so therefore it is 7 and for the decimal I just rounded 49 by 50 then counted how far 50 is from 55 and I got 5.
8.) Identify all possible whole numbers with a square root larger that 2 and smaller than 3
2x2=4
3x3=9
5,6,7,8
9.) Identify all possible whole numbers that have a square root between 4 and 5.
4x4=16
5x5=25
17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
Textbook Questions 14, 15, and 17

Jenny's Scribe Post


The area of the board is 1296 cm2. It is 4x the area of the picture
The square root 1296 cm2 is 36 cm

Friday, January 20, 2012
Casey's Scribe Post- Estimate Square Roots
Square Roots are the inverse of squaring.
A square root can be thought of as a side in a square.


√S²= S
√12²= 12
√144= 12
What is a square number?
A number multiplied by itself.
SxS=S²
7x7=7²
7x7=49
You can find the approximate √ of a number using perfect squares. The whole number is the same as the smaller perfect square for all √ in between.
To estimate a fractional √ we can find the whole number. To find the denominator of the fraction subtract the perfect squares.
To find the numerator we count the √'s position between perfect squares.
Textbook Questions 3.3 :9, 14, 16
9. What are all possible whole numbers that have a square root between 4 and 5?
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
14. Alex is thinking of a number. The number has a square root between 7 and 8, and it is a multiple of 12.
a) What number could he be thinking of?
b) Is there more than one answer? Explain
No because the number must be between 49 and 64. The only multiple of 12 in between 49 and 64 is 60.
16. A fitness centre will install a square hot tub in a 6 m x 6 m room. They want the tub to fill no more than 75% of the room's area
a) What is the maximum area of the hot tub?
SxS=a
6x6=36m²
0.75x36=27m²
b) What dimensions, to a tenth of a metre, will the fitness centre order from the manufacturer?
The fitness centre should order dimensions of 5.1 m by 5.1 m, so the area does not pass 75% of the space.
5.1x5.1=26.01
Pythagorean Relationship
1. The Pythagorean Relationship is the relationship between the side lengths of a right triangle . The hypotenuse is equal to the areas of the legs.

2. Solve the missing side length

c²= a²+b²
c²= 12²+5²
c²= 144cm²+25cm²
c²= 169cm²
√c²= √169cm²
c= 13 cm
3. Is this a right triangle?

c²= a²+b²
c²= 8²+6²
c²= 64cm²+36cm²
c²= 100cm²
√c²= √100cm²
c= 10 cm
No, it's not a right triangle because the legs don't equal the hypotenuse.